The Ten Horror Movies Netflix Says Are So Scary, Viewers Can’t Finish Them

Last week I wrote about Veronica, a Spanish horror film about an Ouija board demon haunting a family. It has a great cast, but I found it to be a bit bland overall. I may be in the minority opinion there, however, as the film was being sold as “so terrifying that Netflix users were saying they had to turn it off.”

Well, it turns out that may be a fairly common thing. Netflix has actually just sent me a list of ten films that their data shows them are similarly scary/horrifying that their users can’t actually make it all the way through them.

The criteria was that Netflix users made it at least 70% of the way through the movie, but turned it off en masse before finishing it. So if you want a horror movie experience to truly test your mettle, it appears these films are what you’re looking for. Here are the ten, in no particular order, along with their Rotten Tomatoes score and IMDB ratings:

Some caveats here. I asked Netflix how they decided when people were turning off movies because they were scared, versus when they just really hated a movie. They said that by using the 70% threshold, that if most people truly hate a movie, they’ll turn it off well before that.

Blumhouse

For some of these that I’ve seen, mainly The Conjuring, I buy the idea that they could be too scary to finish for some people. Others are…not good movies like the Cabin Fever remake and The Human Centipede 2, and I’m guessing people turned those off because they weren’t scared, but simply grossed out by the sick stuff in those movies. Raw and Teeth are also not very scary, just kind of nasty (but well made!).

This list has caused me to add Carnage Park, Mexico Barbaro, The Void and Jeruzalem to my watch list, as I haven’t seen those yet, but at least according to their critic scores, outside of two exceptions, all the movies in this list are pretty well-rated horror films. The best and most commercial of the bunch is almost certainly The Conjuring, which has spawned a billion-dollar horror franchise, but I’d definitely recommend the likes of Raw and Teeth as well, if you like…really out there body horror. No one should ever watch any of the Human Centipede movies for any reason. I remain perplexed by Piranha’s presence on this list, as a camp horror parody, it feels like it doesn’t fit here, and I’m wondering why people might have turned it off, as I doubt it was from being scared. Too much…nudity? I suppose it does get pretty gross with its kills, but it’s so over the top it’s just goofy.

As for Veronica, looking over at least the movies I’ve seen on this list, it definitely has more in common with The Conjuring than the others, as it’s a movie that is actually trying to scare you rather than just make you sick, so give that a shot if that’s what you’re looking for.

Alright, I’m off to watch at least one of these other ones today. Happy hunting for your own horror masterpiece, and see if you can make it through these, as Netflix is practically daring you to try.